SysKey - Set Startup Password to Lock or Unlock Windows

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  1. Brink
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    Hello Divinityman, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    You might see if removing the password and starting over to add it again may toggle it to work properly. :)
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  3. Divinityman
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    I have done as you suggested, and it works for the first cold boot, then after that, it will ask me for the SAM password at a restart, but not a cold boot, I have tried removing the password, changing the password with no success.
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  4. Brink
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    Odd. If you like, you might consider using Bitlocker with a password instead.

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  5. JohnCoool
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    I faced the same issue today and when I could not find the solution online I tried to change something and now it works for windows 8.1.

    You Just need to turn off the fast boot option. You can find details in the images.

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    Last edited by Brink; 28 Apr 2017 at 21:42. Reason: added tutorial link for more info
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